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Scientific name: Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’    ar-te-meez-ia sk-mit-i-ana

Common name: Wormwood, Silvermound Artemisia

Design Characteristics
Height  6-18"
Spread  12-24"
Form  clump-mound
Texture  fine
Flower color  yellow
Leaf color  silver
Time of bloom  September-October

Horticultural Characteristics
Light
requirement		  full sun
Soil
requirement		  well drained
Propagation
method 		 divide clumps in spirng
USDA Hardiness Zone   4-8

Miscellaneous
Peculiarities/Problems   may die out in center
Uses  front of border
 brighten up dark areas
Comments  does well in poor soils